Well hello again RS world, hope you’re all doing well and your reefs are thriving!
As mentioned on my old thread, inhabitants were rehoused by my mate who owns my LFS, but I lost my live rock. I was meant to keep this wet, with heat and flow but with all the stresses that go with moving, it got forgotten for about 5 days and when I came to sort it, the stench was unbearable and the water slimey. I was furious and gutted and still can’t bear to look in that corner of the garage.
I’ve been watching from a far and keen to get back up and running, especially now I’ve got a much better location for the tank. I’m going to refurbish my old C-130 and focus on maintaining better water quality, learning from past mistakes - especially to stop tinkering! Maybe a bigger tank awaits one day.
Things that need sorting...
I’m worried the rock is full of phosphates so was thinking of running something to pull this out during the soaking steps. What would be the best way of doing this?
Once I’m done I can aquascape the dry rock, getting it right from the off this time. In terms of seeding it - I don’t want to use more live rock as I want to reduce potential nasties. I am going to use new Caribsea Arab-Alive Special Grade Live Reef Sand but realise it’ll take sometime.
I’m tempted to purchase a medium TMC Reef Sump Optimum to expand the water volume and so I can hopefully keep more than 3-4 fish. Corals will be easier to keep ones this time, with mainly zoas, softies and the odd LPS. Not sure on fish yet but thinking of different ones to before and maybe a six line wrasse. Would love some green chromis for the movement etc.
Cheers
melvis
As mentioned on my old thread, inhabitants were rehoused by my mate who owns my LFS, but I lost my live rock. I was meant to keep this wet, with heat and flow but with all the stresses that go with moving, it got forgotten for about 5 days and when I came to sort it, the stench was unbearable and the water slimey. I was furious and gutted and still can’t bear to look in that corner of the garage.
I’ve been watching from a far and keen to get back up and running, especially now I’ve got a much better location for the tank. I’m going to refurbish my old C-130 and focus on maintaining better water quality, learning from past mistakes - especially to stop tinkering! Maybe a bigger tank awaits one day.
Things that need sorting...
- External hood trim needs replacing as it’s all chipped and hood needs cleaning
- Cabinet side panels need sticking back and cabinet needs a really good clean
- Tank needs cleaning thoroughly, old coralline removed from all equipment before deep clean and refurb if necessary
- Heater controller to be rigged up and connected to surface fans (still deciding on this one)
- Cable management sorted properly
- 1/10 mix water and bleach, soaking for 3-4 days
- Rinse well with FW leaving to soak for further 3-4 days
- Power wash the rock
- Allow to dry out for 4-5 days
- Soak in FW for a week, testing the usual
- Change out water and replace - as many times as needed until results all clear
I’m worried the rock is full of phosphates so was thinking of running something to pull this out during the soaking steps. What would be the best way of doing this?
Once I’m done I can aquascape the dry rock, getting it right from the off this time. In terms of seeding it - I don’t want to use more live rock as I want to reduce potential nasties. I am going to use new Caribsea Arab-Alive Special Grade Live Reef Sand but realise it’ll take sometime.
I’m tempted to purchase a medium TMC Reef Sump Optimum to expand the water volume and so I can hopefully keep more than 3-4 fish. Corals will be easier to keep ones this time, with mainly zoas, softies and the odd LPS. Not sure on fish yet but thinking of different ones to before and maybe a six line wrasse. Would love some green chromis for the movement etc.
Cheers
melvis